Relationship Banker - Merrifield VA

M&T Bank•Fairfax, VA

3d•$24 - $40•Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a customer-focused, experienced Branch Banker with strong leadership skills to partner with the Branch Manager and help drive branch success. This is your chance to make a real impact—delivering exceptional experiences for our customers while inspiring and supporting a high-performing team. What You’ll Do: Lead and Inspire: Be a trusted partner to the Branch Manager, providing guidance, coaching, and motivation to team members. Foster a collaborative, results-driven environment where everyone thrives. Be the Difference: Engage customers through meaningful conversations, uncover their needs, and deliver proactive solutions—whether simple or complex. Drive Success: Build lasting relationships, achieve sales goals, and elevate the branch experience for every customer. Overview: Identifies customers' needs through the bank’s retail sales process to provide proactive basic sales solutions through customer outreach for basic customer needs and/or refer complex customer needs to the appropriate team member/partner. Specializes in our branch customer experience through lobby management, servicing and sales interactions for retail and business customers.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (GED) and a minimum of 2 years proven retail sales, call center, customer service and/or telesales experience OR A high school diploma or equivalent (GED) and a minimum of 1 year proven proactive sales experience.
Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Proven ability to demonstrate exceptional customer service
Well-organized individual with time management and prioritization skills
Demonstrated financial services product knowledge
Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy with internal and external customers
Proficient with internet user-level technology

Nice To Haves

Associates degree
Notary public license
Bilingual based on branch needs

Responsibilities

Play key role in Relationship Management (customer assessments, profiling for sales opportunities, account opening and lead-focused outbound calling), Sales Process (profile/pre-call planning, outreach, appointment preparation, interaction/appointment, follow-up) and Risk Management (audit requirements, fraud prevention, Know Your Customer (KYC) and customer information profile (CIP)).
Complete basic research on customer profiles in order to assess potential ways to add value to clients banking relationship and transition to needs to based discussion on financial goals
Identify financial needs of customers and present all appropriate product and service options by working cooperatively with appropriate internal business partners.
Proactively reach out to clients to via e-mail or phone to follow up and educate on value added products/services to address needs of clients
Onboard new customers through customer outreach (regardless of available channel, and individual who opened account)
Establish trust with existing clients through proactive outreach regularly
Schedule preset appointments for the following week and hold appointments each week
Adequately prepares for scheduled appointment before customer meeting (prepare for sales interactions with pre-call plan)
Perform customer servicing interactions.
Adhere to applicable compliance/operational risk controls in accordance with Company or regulatory standards and policies.
Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Complete other related duties as assigned.
Responsible for meeting and maintaining registration requirements under the Federal SAFE Act